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Monday, April 30, 2007

Size may not matter............

.......but EQUIPMENT does!! :)
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MORE COLOR WASH/LEAF PRINTING EXPERIMENTS .
I decided to recreate my "leaf print" using my homemade color washes. "Ha-ha", I thought to myself. I'll just repeat that cool leaf I got with the Color Mists (from Outside the Margins) with my OWN color washes.
Well, sometimes you get what you pay for.........
I don't know what "mojo" Aileen has got goin' on in those little bottles, but it isn't what I have in my homemade color washes!!! :) I followed the same steps that I did before (see entry from April 27) and THIS is what I came up with. Now, they aren't "bad", but, they were NOT what I was going for!!!!!
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ALL OF THE SAMPLES I HAVE DONE FOR THE LEAF AND FLOWER PRINTS HAVE BEEN DONE ON CANVAS BOARD.
These are daisy-like flowers I have in my yard. A neat background, but not defined or crisp like my first leaves. I like the colors, though...............

Here I used some grape leaves and a plastic bunch of grapes. You can sort of make out where the leaves were. And, you can definately tell where the grapes were..........again.........not bad, but not what I was going for.

For whatever reason, my homemade washes did not "dry" under the leaves/flowers like the Color Mists. This allowed everything to bleed together and not hold any lines.
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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..........back to the Color Mists for more experimentation!
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Now........that's what I'm talkin' about, baby!!!!! THAT'S what I was going for:
Lime Jello, a little Lemon Head and a hint of Magenta on the "underlayer". Bordeaux Burgundy, Copper, Lime Jello over the top.
THOSE are grape leaves! :)


Here is one in Cobalt Blue: (I think this is now my favorite!)


A "negative" look. White/Pearl with a hint of blue underlayer with copper, burgundy, and bronze over the top. (You can also see some blue and green sneaking in there.......)
Here is one more of the daisy-like flowers in my yard. (Osteosperum) NOW you can see the petals!! :)
This was done with a "potpourri" of the Color Mists! :)

So, look out Aileen at Outside the Margins, I'm comin' in for more Color Mists!!!!!!!!!

8 comments:

  1. Wow Susan these are so awesome!! that last one resembles pansies almost too cool!!!

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  2. Susan, these are all just FANTASTIC! Did you use the papers from Aileen or cardstock? Just love the results.

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  3. Wow, those are absolutely gorgeous!!

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  4. Those are FABULOUS!! I love what you did - never would have dawned on me. Absolutely fantastic!!

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  5. The detail is just stunning with the grape leaves. Now I just need to wait for my grape leaves to come out so I can try it! I did this the year before last, but with pebeo soleil on muslin; definitely didn't look as cool as this!

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  6. very cool Susan. Thanks for sharing your experiments with us. I love the string art too. Looks like you are having so much fun. Hugz, Scary

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  7. I had to try this! Love what you've done.
    I was very happy with the way mine turned out. I'll be doing more of these.
    Love,
    Zeb

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